Published in the Republican Champion February 8, 1917 The initial winter carnival of the Newport Outing Club commenced with a sleigh ride to Corbin park Thursday morning, where a thrilling deer drive was engaged in on snowshoes, after which a sumptuous dinner was served to nearly 100 guests at the Blue Mountain Forest Club house.… Read more Newport Winter Carnival
Local History
New Year’s Ideas by 1923
By Mary Graham Bonner Originally published 1922 in the Western Union Newspaper Republished in the Republican Champion (A Newport, NH newspaper) December 28th, 1922 “It has been a very joyous day,” said the New Year. “It has been my first day here and I must say I have greatly enjoyed it. “Old Man Winter is… Read more New Year’s Ideas by 1923
Did you know?
The first time that a Christmas tree was depicted in print was in the Goudy’s Ladies Book, in 1850. Read more Did you know?
Sarah Hale on Thanksgiving
In her 1827 novel Northwood, Sarah Hale explains that the first Thanksgiving was to celebrate the arrival of a ship from England laden with provisions at a time when the early settlers of Boston were nearly out of food. Read more Sarah Hale on Thanksgiving
Sarah Josepha Hale 1788-1879
Gentle Crusader: New Hampshire’s Sarah Josepha Hale by Judith Freeman Clark Throughout the 19th century, most Americans viewed proponents of equal opportunity for women as lunatics or anarchists bent on destroying polite society. In such a society women were generally tied to domestic responsibilities, and their educational and professional choices were severely limited by virtue… Read more Sarah Josepha Hale 1788-1879
